GRETA THUNBERG July 21, 2020 Greta Thunberg awarded $1.15M Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, will donate to climate groups Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was just awarded $1.15 million in prize money for the 2020 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity – and she’s already pledged to give all of it away to environmental groups.
UNITED NATIONS July 21, 2020 UN official, in recording, talks of getting US ‘off the UN's back,’ preventing cuts with whistleblower system A recording of a U.N. investigator talking about a system to speed up U.N. investigations that “gets the Americans off the U.N.’s back” and avoids the U.S. reducing its financial contribution is sparking fresh calls for the Trump administration to do exactly that.
UNITED NATIONS July 19, 2020 UN's Antonio Guterres: As coronavirus rages, developed countries have 'failed' to help nations in need Saying “we are at the breaking point,” the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that have been further exposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
ӣƵ Flash July 18, 2020 Lawrence Jones: John Lewis 'always had the heart of the young people' Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., always "had the heart" of America's youth, Fox Nation host Lawrence Jones stated Saturday.
China July 17, 2020 Chinese spokesperson says US should 'stop playing dumb' on nuclear arms agreement China has dismissed the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls the United Nations Security Council to extend the Iranian arms embargo, citing concerns that the Iranian regime will become an arms dealer – the suppliers being Russia and China.
UNITED NATIONS July 16, 2020 UN to launch postage stamp initiative to raise coronavirus funds The United Nations is set to launch a postage stamp initiative Friday that will help raise funds for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) effort to assist countries struggling from the coronavirus pandemic.
World Health Organization July 16, 2020 WHO taps ex-PM who blasted US withdrawal to lead coronavirus inquiry, as Pompeo warns of whitewash The World Health Organization has appointed former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who criticized the U.S. withdrawal from the WHO as “foolish,” to lead the embattled agency’s probe into the coronavirus pandemic -- as the Trump administration says it fears a “whitewashed” investigation.
OPINION July 16, 2020 Ralph Reed: Trump, Pompeo human rights agenda strong in face of abuses across the globe The Trump administration has demonstrated a strong commitment to human rights, making the promotion of religious liberty and the rights of conscience the lodestone of U.S. diplomacy.
Iran July 14, 2020 UN aviation ruling could deny Iran hundreds of millions of dollars A new ruling by a United Nations court could help pave the way for a resolution of the three-year-old blockade of Qatar.
GLOBAL ECONOMY July 13, 2020 Dozens of world’s richest people demand higer taxes to pay for coronavirus economic recovery A group of 83 of the richest people in the world have called for “our governments to raise taxes on people like us" to help fund the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, according to The Guardian.